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The growing evidence that Covid-19 is making us all sicker

By Sarah Neville

30 Aug 2022 · 10 min read

Editor's Note

Dive into the Big Read from the Financial Times to discover how those who have recovered from Covid may be more susceptible to other conditions.

When Dr David Strain encountered a 64-year-old patient on his ward round, the British geriatrician had a bleak epiphany.

Less than six months earlier he had treated the man for Covid-19. Now, his deterioration was painful to witness. “He came in with a stroke and really bad delirium, a precursor of dementia,” Strain says. “I saw the patient, recognised him [and] recognised the fact that his brain had dramatically aged.”

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